1979 Alpine Skiing World Cup

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1979 Alpine Skiing World Cup season
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Contents 1 Men 1.1 Calendar 1.2 Men's Overall Results 1.3 Men's Downhill Results 1.4 Men's Giant Slalom Results 1.5 Men's Slalom Results 1.6 Men's Combined Results 1.7 Men's Team Results 2 Women 2.1 Calendar 2.2 Women's Overall Results 2.3 Women's Downhill Results 2.4 Women's Giant Slalom Results 2.5 Women's Slalom Results 2.6 Women's Combined Results 2.7 Women's Team Results 3 Nationscup

[edit] Men

[edit] Calendar

Race No	Discipline	Place	Country	Date
1	Giant	Schladming	Austria	December 9, 1978
2	Downhill	Schladming	Austria	December 10, 1978
3	Combined	Race 1 and 2
4	Slalom	Madonna di Campiglio	Italy	December 13, 1978
5	Downhill	Val Gardena	Italy	December 16, 1978
6	Downhill	Val Gardena	Italy	December 17, 1978
7	Slalom	Kranjska Gora	Yugoslavia	December 21, 1978
8	Giant	Kranjska Gora	Yugoslavia	December 22, 1978
9	Downhill	Morzine	France	January 6, 1979
10	Giant	Courchevel	France	January 7, 1979
11	Slalom	Crans Montana	Switzerland	January 9, 1979
12	Downhill	Crans Montana	Switzerland	January 14, 1979
13	Slalom	Crans Montana	Switzerland	January 15, 1979
14	Combined	Race 12 and 13
15	Giant	Adelboden	Switzerland	January 16, 1979
16	Downhill	Kitzbühel	Austria	January 20, 1979
17	Slalom	Kitzbühel	Austria	January 21, 1979
18	Combined	Race 16 and 17
19	Giant	Steinach	Austria	January 23, 1979
20	Downhill	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	West Germany	January 27, 1979
21	Slalom	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	West Germany	January 28, 1979
22	Combined	Race 20 and 21
23	Downhill	Villars	Switzerland	February 1, 1979
24	Giant	Jasná	Czechoslovakia	February 4, 1979
25	Slalom	Jasná	Czechoslovakia	February 5, 1979
26	Slalom	Oslo	Norway	February 7, 1979
27	Giant	Åre	Sweden	February 10, 1979
28	Slalom	Åre	Sweden	February 11, 1979
29	Downhill	Lake Placid	United States	March 3, 1979
30	Giant	Lake Placid	United States	March 4, 1979
31	Giant	Heavenly Valley	United States	March 12, 1979
32	Slalom	Furano	Japan	March 17, 1979
33	Giant	Furano	Japan	March 19, 1979

[edit] Men's Overall Results

In Men's Overall World Cup 1978/79 the best 3 results of each discipline count; best three downhills, best three giant slaloms, best three slaloms and best three combined. 37 racers had a point deduction. Ingemar Stenmark had 260 (!) points deduction and won 13 races!

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Combined
1	Peter Lüscher	Switzerland	186	0	64	57	65
2	Leonhard Stock	Austria	163	57	50	17	39
3	Phil Mahre	United States	155	0	27	72	56
4	Piero Gros	Italy	152	0	58	57	37
5	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	150	0	75	75	0
6	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein	148	0	59	34	55
7	Anton Steiner	Austria	107	10	33	36	28
8	Bojan Križaj	Yugoslavia	106	0	66	40	0
9	Gustav Thöni	Italy	92	0	26	54	12
10	Steve Mahre	United States	86	0	25	47	14
11	Leonardo David	Italy	85	0	25	60	0
12	Hans Enn	Austria	81	0	63	18	0
13	Jacques Lüthy	Switzerland	79	0	52	27	0
14	Christian Neureuther	West Germany	74	0	0	74	0
15	Peter Wirnsberger	Austria	72	70	0	2	0
	Peter Müller	Switzerland	72	69	2	0	1

[edit] Men's Downhill Results

In Men's Downhill World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Peter Müller won the cup with only one win. There were 8 different winners in 9 races. Leonardo David crashed in the race No. 29. He died after being in a coma for nearly six years.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	2	5	6	9	12	16	20	23	29
1	Peter Müller	Switzerland	109	-	20	20	(2)	20	-	(4)	25	24
2	Peter Wirnsberger	Austria	89	8	(2)	11	-	-	20	25	-	25
3	Toni Bürgler	Switzerland	80	-	11	-	-	25	2	-	22	20
4	Ulrich Spieß	Austria	75	-	-	4	15	-	15	20	(2)	21
	Ken Read	Canada	75	25	-	15	-	15	1	-	-	19
6	Leonhard Stock	Austria	67	-	-	-	-	6	4	11	24	22
7	Herbert Plank	Italy	65	11	(4)	-	20	-	8	15	-	11
8	Werner Grissmann	Austria	63	-	-	-	6	11	6	(6)	23	17
	Sepp Ferstl	West Germany	63	(1)	-	-	3	-	25	8	14	13
10	Dave Murray	Canada	52	20	-	3	-	2	-	-	4	23
	Steve Podborski	Canada	52	2	(1)	-	25	4	3	-	-	18
12	Erik Håker	Norway	41	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	16
13	Josef Walcher	Austria	40	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	15	-

[edit] Men's Giant Slalom Results

In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Nine racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Ingemar Stenmark won the cup with maximum points by winning ALL 10 events. He won his fifth Giant Slalom World Cup in a row!

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	1	8	10	15	19	24	27	30	31	33
1	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	125	25	25	25	25	25	(25)	(25)	(25)	(25)	(25)
2	Peter Lüscher	Switzerland	104	20	20	20	-	(20)	-	(2)	23	21	(19)
3	Bojan Križaj	Yugoslavia	96	-	15	15	(6)	-	20	-	22	24	(15)
4	Heini Hemmi	Switzerland	86	(2)	11	(8)	(11)	(11)	15	(8)	21	15	24
5	Jacques Lüthy	Switzerland	75	(1)	-	-	15	(1)	8	15	-	16	21
6	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein	74	-	-	-	20	15	-	-	19	20	-
	Piero Gros	Italy	74	8	8	-	(4)	-	(1)	-	16	22	20
8	Jean-Luc Fournier	France	73	11	(2)	11	(8)	-	-	-	18	10	23
9	Hans Enn	Austria	70	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	24	23	16
10	Leonhard Stock	Austria	69	-	-	(3)	-	8	(2)	11	20	13	17

[edit] Men's Slalom Results

In Men's Slalom World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Ingemar Stenmark won his fifth Slalom World Cup in a row!

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	4	7	11	13	17	21	25	26	28	32
1	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	119	-	25	-	(15)	20	(11)	(15)	24	25	25
2	Phil Mahre	United States	107	-	-	(8)	(2)	15	20	25	23	24	-
3	Christian Neureuther	West Germany	97	15	-	25	8	25	-	-	-	-	24
4	Petar Popangelov	Bulgaria	96	(11)	-	20	-	-	15	(3)	19	20	22
5	Paul Frommelt	Liechtenstein	92	-	20	(3)	25	11	-	-	-	13	23
6	Peter Lüscher	Switzerland	72	20	-	-	(3)	-	25	4	-	11	12
7	Piero Gros	Italy	71	6	(4)	(6)	-	(3)	8	-	21	19	17
8	Leonardo David	Italy	70	4	15	-	-	6	-	20	25	-	-
9	Gustav Thöni	Italy	64	(3)	-	(1)	-	6	4	-	18	23	13
10	Martial Donnet	Switzerland	63	25	1	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	20

[edit] Men's Combined Results

There was no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. The best three results only count for the Overall World Cup.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	3	14	18	22
1	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein	70	15	20	20	15
2	Peter Lüscher	Switzerland	69	25	4	15	25
3	Phil Mahre	United States	60	11	25	4	20
4	Piero Gros	Italy	41	4	15	11	11
5	Leonhard Stock	Austria	39	20	11	-	8
6	Anton Steiner	Austria	28	-	3	25	-
7	Bohumír Zeman	Czechoslovakia	18	8	-	6	4
8	Steve Mahre	United States	14	-	8	-	6
	Herbert Plank	Italy	14	3	-	8	3
10	Gustav Thöni	Italy	12	6	6	-	-

[edit] Men's Team Results

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Combined	Racers	Wins
1	Austria	1041	435	277	262	67	18	4
2	Switzerland	944	320	375	179	70	15	6
3	Italy	711	162	187	295	67	16	1
4	Sweden	505	0	296	209	0	5	13
5	United States	369	33	82	178	76	11	2
6	Yugoslavia	285	0	206	79	0	4	0
7	Liechtenstein	284	0	81	133	70	3	1
8	West Germany	199	82	8	105	4	5	3
9	Canada	195	190	3	0	2	5	2
10	Bulgaria	115	0	5	110	0	1	0
11	France	110	18	83	9	0	4	0
12	Czechoslovakia	72	0	29	25	18	1	0
13	Norway	65	41	0	24	0	4	1
14	Soviet Union	55	36	8	9	2	5	0
15	Japan	28	0	3	25	0	5	0
16	Spain	3	0	0	0	3	1	0
17	Poland	1	0	0	0	1	1	0

[edit] Women

[edit] Calendar

Race No	Discipline	Place	Country	Date
1	Downhill	Piancavallo	Italy	December 9, 1978
2	Slalom	Piancavallo	Italy	December 10, 1978
3	Giant	Piancavallo	Italy	December 12, 1978
4	Downhill	Val d'Isère	France	December 17, 1978
5	Giant	Val d'Isère	France	December 18, 1978
6	Combined	Race 4 and 5
7	Giant	Les Gets	France	January 7, 1979
8	Slalom	Les Gets	France	January 8, 1979
9	Downhill	Les Diablerets	Switzerland	January 12, 1979
10	Downhill	Meiringen	Switzerland	January 17, 1979
11	Slalom	Meiringen	Switzerland	January 19, 1979
12	Combined	Race 10 and 11
13	Slalom	Schruns	Austria	January 23, 1979
14	Downhill	Schruns	Austria	January 26, 1979
15	Combined	Race 13 and 14
16	Slalom	Mellau	Austria	January 27, 1979
17	Slalom	Pfronten	West Germany	February 3, 1979
18	Downhill	Pfronten	West Germany	February 4, 1979
19	Combined	Race 17 and 18
20	Giant	Berchtesgaden	West Germany	February 6, 1979
21	Slalom	Maribor	Yugoslavia	February 8, 1979
22	Downhill	Lake Placid	United States	March 2, 1979
23	Giant	Aspen	United States	March 8, 1979
24	Giant	Heavenly Valley	United States	March 11, 1979
25	Slalom	Furano	Japan	March 18, 1979
26	Giant	Furano	Japan	March 19, 1979

[edit] Women's Overall Results

In Women's Overall World Cup 1978/79 the best 3 results of each discipline count; best three downhills, best three giant slaloms, best three slaloms and best three combined. 25 racers had a point deduction. Annemarie Moser-Pröll won her sixth Overall World Cup! This record is still unbeaten!

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Combined
1	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	243	75	40	58	70
2	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	240	40	71	74	55
3	Irene Epple	West Germany	189	66	70	17	36
4	Cindy Nelson	United States	168	67	43	12	46
5	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	156	63	68	0	25
6	Fabienne Serrat	France	151	6	61	49	35
7	Regina Sackl	Austria	112	0	39	73	0
8	Christa Kinshofer	West Germany	110	0	75	35	0
9	Perrine Pelen	France	100	0	32	65	3
10	Claudia Giordani	Italy	98	3	23	55	17
11	Lea Sölkner	Austria	95	0	29	66	0
12	Regine Mösenlechner	West Germany	85	0	31	46	8
13	Maria Rosa Quario	Italy	84	0	19	65	0
14	Daniela Zini	Italy	82	0	28	54	0
15	Erika Hess	Switzerland	76	0	43	33	0

[edit] Women's Downhill Results

In Women's Downhill World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Moser-Pröll won 6 races out of 7 and five races in a row. She won the World Cup with maximum points. Together with the last two downhill races last season 1977/78, she won 7 downhill races in a row!! She won her seventh Downhill World Cup! This record is still unbeaten!

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	1	4	9	10	14	18	22
1	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	125	25	25	25	25	25	-	(25)
2	Bernadette Zurbriggen	Switzerland	90	-	15	-	15	19	18	23
3	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	89	(8)	11	15	(6)	22	17	24
4	Cindy Nelson	United States	82	(1)	-	11	4	24	25	18
5	Irene Epple	West Germany	81	(4)	(1)	8	20	23	23	7
6	Evi Mittermaier	West Germany	67	-	20	20	-	18	9	-
7	Edith Peter	Austria	64	8	6	(6)	8	21	-	21
8	Caroline Attia	France	55	2	3	-	11	-	24	15
9	Annemarie Bischofsberger	West Germany	49	-	-	-	-	9	20	20
10	Cornelia Pröll	Austria	41	-	-	-	-	-	19	22
	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	41	-	-	-	1	13	15	12
	Brigitte Totschnig	Austria	41	-	-	-	-	20	12	9

[edit] Women's Giant Slalom Results

In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Christa Kinshofer won five races in a row. She won the World Cup with maximum points.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	3	5	7	20	23	24	26
1	Christa Kinshofer	West Germany	125	-	25	25	25	25	25	(14)
2	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	112	25	20	(20)	(6)	22	24	21
3	Irene Epple	West Germany	105	15	-	(1)	20	24	23	23
4	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	94	20	15	11	(4)	23	-	25
5	Fabienne Serrat	France	65	-	-	4	-	21	21	19
6	Heidi Preuss	United States	58	-	-	-	-	19	17	22
7	Cindy Nelson	United States	46	-	3	-	-	13	10	20
	Viki Fleckenstein	United States	46	-	-	-	-	14	14	18
9	Regina Sackl	Austria	45	-	6	15	11	-	13	-
10	Erika Hess	Switzerland	43	-	-	-	-	20	22	1

[edit] Women's Slalom Results

In Women's Slalom World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	2	8	11	13	16	17	21	25
1	Regina Sackl	Austria	105	(1)	25	25	-	(8)	23	22	10
2	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	87	(4)	15	-	15	20	14	-	23
3	Lea Sölkner	Austria	84	-	2	-	25	-	22	19	16
4	Perrine Pelen	France	82	20	20	2	-	15	-	-	25
5	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	81	-	(1)	-	4	3	25	25	24
	Claudia Giordani	Italy	81	15	(8)	20	20	(4)	13	-	13
7	Maria Rosa Quario	Italy	69	-	4	-	-	25	17	23	-
8	Fabienne Serrat	France	63	(2)	11	3	-	11	24	-	14
9	Daniela Zini	Italy	61	-	6	-	11	1	21	-	22
10	Christa Zechmeister	West Germany	51	6	-	(1)	6	-	8	11	20
11	Regine Mösenlechner	West Germany	50	-	-	4	8	-	-	21	17
12	Pamela Behr	West Germany	46	-	-	-	4	-	21	-	21
13	Abbi Fisher	United States	40	25	-	-	-	-	25	-	-

[edit] Women's Combined Results

There was no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. The best three results only count for the Overall World Cup.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	6	12	15	19
1	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	70	20	25	25	-
	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	70	15	15	15	25
3	Cindy Nelson	United States	57	11	11	20	15
4	Irene Epple	West Germany	36	-	8	8	20
5	Fabienne Serrat	France	35	4	20	-	11
6	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	25	25	-	-	-
7	Claudia Giordani	Italy	17	-	6	11	-
8	Andrea Haaser	Austria	10	6	4	-	-
9	Regine Mösenlechner	West Germany	8	8	-	-	-
	Abbi Fisher	United States	8	-	-	-	8

[edit] Women's Team Results

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Combined	Racers	Wins
1	Austria	1054	394	178	401	81	16	11
2	West Germany	797	240	306	202	49	10	5
3	United States	640	168	257	143	72	12	2
4	Switzerland	571	309	169	61	32	10	2
5	France	458	127	111	173	47	13	1
6	Italy	408	14	83	294	17	7	1
7	Liechtenstein	393	49	173	96	75	3	4
8	Czechoslovakia	170	38	76	50	6	4	0
9	Soviet Union	28	0	3	24	1	2	0
10	Canada	14	14	0	0	0	2	0
11	Yugoslavia	12	0	0	12	0	3	0
12	Belgium	3	3	0	0	0	1	0

[edit] Nationscup

Place	Country	Total Points	Men	Women
1	Austria	2095	1041	1054
2	Switzerland	1515	944	571
3	Italy	1119	711	408
4	United States	1009	369	640
5	West Germany	996	199	797
6	Liechtenstein	677	284	393
7	France	568	110	458
8	Sweden	505	505	0
9	Yugoslavia	297	285	12
10	Czechoslovakia	242	72	170
11	Canada	209	195	14
12	Bulgaria	115	115	0
13	Soviet Union	83	55	28
14	Norway	65	65	0
15	Japan	28	28	0
16	Belgium	3	0	3
	Spain	3	3	0
18	Poland	1	1	0

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